Aminex has increased gas production from the Kiliwani North-1 well, offshore Tanzania. The well, drilled on the Kwiliwani North field from Songo Songo Island island, was brought on stream in April. It reached 30 MMcf/d boe at the weekend…
Northeast Scotland surface preparation and protective coatings Davidsons Blast Services (DBS) has completed a five-figure project on a unique well intervention system. DBS, which provides blast cleaning and application of protective coatings to the oil and gas…
Aberdeen-based floating production services firm Amplus Energy, has concluded a multi million pound deal to buy Aberdeen-based survey company Andrews Survey, from the administrators of the Harkand Group, which went into administration at the beginning of May…
Eni Congo has awarded Italian firm Rana an extensive underwater inspection, maintenance and repair campaign covering some 17 platforms. Rana has chartered the dive support vessel Toisa Paladin, which is now mobilizing in Ravenna, Italy…
The wind service operation vessel (SOV) for the Dutch Gemini project has been christened Windea la cour. The vessel is to set sail to start operations at the Gemini offshore wind power plant this summer. Siemens has supplied 150 wind turbines…
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), an international center for geoscience research and consulting, and DONG Energy Wind Power signed a contract for the installation of 20 offshore wind turbine bucket foundations, called suction bucket jackets…
Rowan Companies is putting a jackup on stand by for Apache Corp., in addition to inking three rig extensions in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Norway, and Saudi Arabia, according to the company’s latest fleet report. The Rowan Gorilla VII…
Statoil has completed a deal, selling 15% stake of the Edvard Grieg field to Lundin Petroleum, which will now increase the Norwegian giant’s shareholding in Lundin to 20.1%. The transaction also included the divestment of associated pipeline…
Aibel in Singapore has been awarded a contract for modifications on Woodside Energy Nguijma-Yin floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) off Western Australia. The work will be so that the FPSO, which operates on the Vincent oil field…
KrisEnergy's CEO Keith Cameron is to retire. He will be replaced by Jeffery S. Macdonald, a non-executive independent director of the company since 2009. Kris Energy was founded in 2009, to focus on exploration in southeast Asia. Macdonald…
Ramboll recently signed a master service agreement (MSA) with Statoil to deliver multidisciplinary insights to the industry giant. The scope of work covers oil and gas, renewables / wind, power generation and transmission, civil engineering and environmental services…
UK independent EnQuest has confirmed a discovery on the Eagle exploration well in the Greater Kittiwake area in the North Sea. Assessment of the results is underway and preliminary analysis indicates Fulmar oil bearing reservoir was…
Olso, Norway-based SubseaDesign has developed a self-aligning subsea connector, a metal to metal seal for 3in to 40in pipes, called SeAlign. SeAlign 18in diver assisted connector. Photo from SubseaDesign…
While the US is only on the verge of bringing its first wind farm online, Audrey Leon surveys some of the prospects slated for the country’s federal waters. LEEDCo’s mono bucket foundation. Photo from DOE…
The wave energy sector has always provided something of a more mixed bag of concepts than the tidal sector. Elaine Maslin looks at some of them. The Perth wave energy project. Photo from Carnegie Wave Energy…